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Dowling v. United States

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Advocates
Stephen L. Nightingale (on behalf of the Respondent)
Robert L. Tucker (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
88-6025
Petitioner: 
Dowling
Respondent: 
United States
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
493 U.S. 342 (1990)
Argued: 
Wednesday, October 4, 1989
Decided: 
Wednesday, January 10, 1990
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Double Jeopardy

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The Oyez Project, Dowling v. United States , 493 U.S. 342 (1990)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_88_6025)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for United States, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Double Jeopardy

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White